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Cost Effective Micropropagation Systems for Delivery of Elite Genetic Plants to the Field for Agricultural Production

Award Information
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Branch: N/A
Contract: 2001-33610-11078
Agency Tracking Number: 2001-03212
Amount: $155,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2001
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
414 Fourth Street, Ste. A
Woodland, CA 95695
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Carolyn Sluis
 (530) 661-6898
 tgc@ncal.net
Business Contact
 Donna Mitten
Title: Treasurer and CFO
Phone: (530) 661-6898
Email: dmitten@nca.net
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The Phase I effort demonstrated that vegetative propagation can be a cost-effective replacement for seed in the production of transplants for seedless watermelon. Mass propagation techniques may now be economically applied to other field-transplanted horticultural crops and the potential benefits for U.S. agriculture can be extended to the rapid introduction of new varieties from several technologies including elite selections, genetic transformants, in vitro grafted selections and periclinal chimeras. Tissue-Grown scientists are working on a new variety development technology, based on the creation of interspecific chimeras, that may have immediate application for creation of elite disease resistant Cucurbit, Brassica and Solanum crops. With this Phase II proposal, Tissue-Grown outlines a project which combines large scale micropropagation with novel variety technologies to demonstrate that vegetatively propagated watermelon and tomato transplants with genetic-based resistance to Fusarium can be delivered on a commercial scale to the U.S. market. A key element for meeting the economic feasibility criteria for U.S. markets will be the delivery of high value germplasm that can compete with traditional seed based transplants. Tissue-Grown proposes that the combination of mass propagation with disease resistant transplants can provide a significant economic opportunity for vegetable production in the U.S.

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